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1 EARLY COUNTY, GA. | GARDEN SPOT OF GOD’S COUNTRY VOLUME LXXXI NO, 21 SCHOOL BOND ELECTION NEXT WEDNESDAY Voters of the Blakely-Union school district will go to the polls on next Wednesday and decide whether said school district shall issue bonds in the amount of $90,000 with which to erect and equip a school building in Blakely. The trustees of the school district have carefully surveyed the situation and have reached the conclusion that $90,000 is the minimum amount needed in order to erect a building anywhere near commensurate with the needs. If the bond issue is ap proved, work on the erection of the new building will be started at an early date. There is likely to be little opposi tion to the issuance of bonds, but the Georgia statutes provide that for the election to be legal, at least two-thirds of the qualified voters in said district must participate in the election. Os this number, only a simple majority is required to’ win the election. Blakely-Union school district must have the new building. There is no arguing that fact, and the only way in which the building can be had is through the issuance of bonds. Voters of the district should bear this in mind and vote on next Wednes day. Voting will take place at the office of the Ordinary in the court house in Blakely. VISITORS ATTEND ROTARY MEETING Out-of-town visitors at last week’s meeting of the Blakely Rotary Club included Joe P. Stratton, of Sullivan, Ind., a guest of Rotarian Marvin Sparks; Dr. Ned Holland, of Fort Jackson, S. C., a guest of Rotarian Price Holland; Norman E. Boyett, of New Orleans, a guest of Rotarian Bill Boyett, and Felix Barham, Jr., a student at G. M. A., a guest of Rotarian Felix Barham. Short talks by these guests form ed the program for the day, Dr. Holland discussing in an interesting manner life in the medical corps of the U. S. army. The meeting was presided over by President W. H. Wall, with music for the cluib songs rendered by Mrs. Ben. Haisten, club pianist. Jksnlwb... Now to make Weaver’s your shopping headquarters for 134a NEW YEAR DRY GOODS BARGAINS —Work Clothing— Duck Head Overalls sl.69 Wisdom Overalls- $1.59 Lee Khaki Pants s2.49 Duck Head Khaki Pants sl.9s Matched Pants sl.9s Army Twill Pants s2.9s Lee Overalls s2.2s Peters Work Shoes s2.so to $4.95 Lion Brand Work Shoes s2.2s to $3.95 This is the last call at low last year’s prices. Buy now . . buy now .. buy now i» . buy now T. K. Weaver & Co. “Blakely’s Only Complete Store” C. E. BOYETT, Owner BLAKELY, GA. Wrig Conntn MAYOR AND COUNCIL TO MEET TUESDAY NIGHT The first meeting of the year 1942 of the Mayor and Council of the City of Blakely will be held next Tuesday night. Important business matters are to be transacted at that time, which includes the election of city officials for the new year. These include members of police force, city clerk and treasurer, superintendent of the city’s municipal water and light plant, manager of cold storage plant, cemetery sexton and street department employees. A business license ordinance is al so to be adopted. There will be one change in the personnel of city council. C. E. Boyett will succeed S. G. Maddox on that body, having been elected last August for a two-year term, Mr. Maddox not being a candidate for re-election. Other members of council include Oscar Whitchard, also re-elected last August, and C. R. Barksdale and L. B. Fryer, whose terms do not expire until December 31, 1942. R. C. Singletary will begin the second year of a two-year term as Mayor. COMMISSIONERS TO MEET TUESDAY The first meeting of the new year of the Early County Board of Com missioners will ibe held next Tues day, January 6. Among the business to be transacted at that meeting is the election of a county agent, county physician, county attorney, road warden, and the employing of other county employees. LIEUTENANT GRADY HOLMAN, JR., CALLED TO ACTIVE ARMY DUTY Grady Holman, Jr., of this city, has been called to active army duty, his duties to begin Friday, January 9, at Fort Benning, Ga. Mr. Hol man holds a commission as second lieutenant in the infantry. He will be with the 908th Infantry, at Fort Benning. BLAKELY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 1, 1942, Success to AU Who Pay Their Honest Debts—“Be Sure You Are Right, Then Go Ahead/’ A Week of the War— Great Britain’s Prime Minister Churchill arrived in Washington for a meeting of the “United States- British Wdr Council” which includes the heads of the two nations and their ranking naval and military ad visers. The White House announced . the primary objective of the confer ences as the “defeat of Hitlerism throughout the world.” The statement also said “it should ' be remembered . . . the present con ferences in Washington should be regarded as preliminary to further conferences which will officially in clude Russia, China, the Netherlands and the Dominions . . . and other interested nations will be kept in close touch with this preliminary planning.” In a side-by-side press conference, the President and Mr. Churchill said they were working out a broad development of strategy to be turn ed over to the military for execu tion in cooperation with all anti- Axis countries. Speaking before an informal ses sion of Congress, the Prime Minis ter proposed that following the present war the “germ centers of hate and revegenge” should be con stantly policed so “the pestilence can be controlled at the very begin ning ...” The War Front— The Navy Department reported , during the past week 14 enemy sub . marines were sunk or damaged, one enemy transport and one mine sweeper were sunk and an addition- > al transport and one seaplane tender were “probably” sunk. The Depart ment said enemy submarines had sunk three merchant ships and shelled two others. Wake Island, with its 400 officers and men and ' 1,000 construction workers, was re ported captured. The War Depart- > ment said an American army bomber ■ sank ah enemy submarine off the California coast. There was heavy ■ fighting in the Philippines and Ma nila was declared an open city. 1 Other Foreign Relations— A special House Committee inves tigating air transportation returned from a tour of the American Re publics to report the Axis controls airports within easy bombing dis tance of the Panama Canal, stra tegic airports in Brazil just across from Africa, vast stocks of aviation gas ’and oil in Brazil, and “no less than 14” shortwave radios in Guate mala alone and others in Mexico which have informed German au thorities abroad of the U. S. mer chant vessel departures from the United States. The committee also reported finding the Nazis have per fected plans for the sabotaging of all utilities in Buenos Aires “and that in a crisis they could probably establish an operating base in Ar gentina . . .” The State Department announced a new trade agreement with Cuba and an accord with the Vichy Gover nor of French Martinique to contin ue the “status quo.” Secretary Hull Hull issued a statement that seizure of the islands of St. Pierre and Mi quelon near Canada by the Free French was “contrary to the agree ment of all parties concerned and certainly without prior knowledge or consent in any sense of the U. S. Government.” The President wrote Prime Minis ter Curtin of Australia, “we give you our assurances that we consider the safety of your great Common wealth as a definite essential in ev ery plan of defense . . .” Production — The President approved a plan for combining the productive re sources of Canada and the U. S. and removing barriers such as tariffs, import duties, customs and other regulations. The American section of the Joint War Production Com mittee was asked to investigate what legislative action was necessary to i fulfill the plan. Canada has al ready approved. Parts of the OPM were reorgan ized “to speed up war production, to quicken the conversion of civilian THIS WEEK IN NATIONAL D-E-F-E-N-S-E industry to war output and to widen the participation of management and labor.” OPM Contract Distribution Division announced the three spe cial “contract” trains which toured the nation to exhibit the type of war work small manufacturers might handle, uncovered 11,000 factories able to do some of the work. Among them are a fish hook manufacturer who can make springs for the Army and a beer-can concern which can make hand grenades. The first of 48 “department stores of subcon tracting” was opened in St. Louis. The “stores” will exhibit samples of needed war equipment to prospective producers. The OPM issued an esti mate that nearly $4,000,000,000 in war materials could be produced by civilian-goods plants in 15 industries if they are converted to war work. Price*— The Labor Department reported its check of 18 foods in 19 cities showed little net change in retail prices during the first half of De cember. Price Administrator Hen derson moved to stabilize prices of: leather, sugar, reclaimed rubber, soles and heels, cotton “fine goods,” glycerin, ethyl alcohol, and dry colors. Mr. Henderson also asked manufacturers of china, glass, lamp shades, watches and silverware to hold prices at not more than De cember 1 levels. Priorities— The OEM announced war produc tion demands will necessitate elec trical power rationing and pooling for the Southeast, Southwest, Pa cific coast and part of the Middle West during 1942 and 1943. The Priorities Division ordered owners of privately-financed defense housing projects to make definite statements on prices at which they will sell or rent the properties they construct. The Division also issued new orders limiting uses of lead and tinfoil, steel, burlap, wool, manila cordage, refined sugar, wire and wire prod ucts, spare tires, passenger cars and light trucks. Labor— The President’s industry - labor conference to plan uninterrupted war production agreed: (1) There shall be no strikes or lockouts; (2) all disputes shall be settled by peace ful means; (3) the President shall set up a proper War Laibor Board to handle these disputes. The President accepted the plan without reserva tions and said he would act at once. The U. S. Conciliation Service re ported settlement of 28 labor dis putes. Labor Secretary Perkins an nounced that during the past year hourly earnings of factory wage earners increased 14.7 per cent; average hours rose 4.8 per cent; and average weekly earnings■ of both full and part-time employment rose 20.6 per cent. Manpower for Industry— The OPM Labor Division said the U. S. has the manpower to .meet 1942’s need of at least 3,000,000 additional persons for war industries, but there is a shortage of industrial plant supervisors and skilled work ers in some war crafts and occupa tions. The Division said war indus tries now employing 4,500,000 will need 9,000,000 by June, 1943. These additional workers can be raised without serious economic disruption by utilizing all existing sources— women, Negroes, foreign-born, older workers, and those displaced from civilian jobs, he said. Agriculture— The Agriculture Department an nounced a favorable economic out look for agriculture in 1942 despite entry of the U. S. into war, due to the expanding war effort and pros pective accompanying rise in indus trial activity, employment and wages. Agriculture Secretary Wick ard said 1942 production goals call for more milk, eggs, pork, beef, canned vegetables, peanuts and soy beans, and a cut in production of wheat, cotton and tobacco. Mr. Wickard also said the millionth ton of American food shipped to Great (Continued on page 5) DEFENSE RALLY TO BE HELD HERE SUNDAY NIGHT A county-wide Civilian Defense Rally will be held in Blakely at the Methodist church Sunday night at 7:30 o’cock, it was announced this week by Grady Holman, Jr., Early county chairman. The rally is in conformity to a call by National Chairman LaGuardia for similar rallies in all cities of the United States. Problems confronting the citizens of the county during the war emergency are to be discussed and the part the citizens can and should play in the defense of their country will be outlined. The meeting is county-wide, said Mr. Holman, and it is hoped that every community will be well repre sented Sunday night at 7:30 at the Blakely Methodist church. There are many ways in which those not eligible for army duty may assist their country in its fight for the preservation of its way of life, and much can be learned from next Sunday night’s rally. FORMER EARLY COUNTY YOUNG MAN REPORTED “MISSING IN ACTION” Charles Andrew Boyd, former Ear ly countian, has been reported “miss ing in action” by the U. S. war de partment. Young Boyd, who is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles IH. Boyd, of near Dothan, was a mem ber of the U. S. Navy, second-class carpenter’s mate. The telegram to his parents did not state in what ac tion the youth was reported missing, merely stating thatjt had been “in the performance of his duty and in the service of his country,” and add ed that further information when re ceived would be reported. Young Boyd, born in Houston county, lived in Early county, in the Freeman Chapel community, for many years. Some years ago the family returned to Houston county, where he enlisted in the Navy in April, 1940. He was detailed to the U. S. Naval Training Station at Norfolk, Va., where he received his basic Naval training, after which he boarded a U. S. ship for service. SUPERIOR OIL CO. OPENS NEW PLANT ON COLQUITT HIGHWAY A new bulk and retail oil plant and service station, handling Supe rior oil products, owned and oper ated by Rosby Justice, has 'been opened on the Colquitt highway just inside the city limits. Mr. Justice announces that the best grades of gasoline at the lowest prices will be handled and that this new station will give “24-hour perfect service.” An advertisement concerning this new enterprise will be found in this issue of The News. :: AS WE BEGIN A ;; NEW YEAR < ► o ;; we wish to express to you our sincere < > o <> appreciation of every evidence of < ► :; your good will in the year just closed. O < ► <► It has been a pleasure to serve you o t and we look forward with pleasure o o o to a continuation of good relations in o “ the year that lies out ahead. o o I FIRST STATE BANK ♦ ♦ BLAKELY, GEORGIA t Member of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. | Maximum Insurance of $5,000.00 for each depositor PULL FOR BLAKELY —OR— PULL OUT $1.50 A YEAR TIRE RATIONING TO BEGIN ON JANUARY 5 ATLANTA, Ga.—The average cit izen’s first real impact with war time conditions—the rationing of automobile tires—will come January 5, and the permits to buy tires will be handled by the Citizens Defense Committee. Chairman Robert B. Troutman said the Office of Production Man agement had asked the committee to take over the task. Sale of new tires will be limited to defense needs, and the plain citi zen motorist will have to get by with recaps or second-hand tires. Two civilian needs to be given at tention on the preferred list will be bus transportation both for the pub lic and for the schools. T. M. Forbes, secretary of the Cotton Manufacturers Association of Georgia, was named state rationing officer by Troutman. Forbes said heads of local defense committees had been notified to set up boards ’to handle tire rationing in their communities. If other com modities are added to the restricted list, distribution will be handled by boards now being established, he added. After January 5 tires will be sold only to persons certifying that they will be mounted on: 1. Vehicles used by physicians, surgeons, visiting nurses, or veteri narians, principally for professional services. 2. Ambulances. 3. Vehicles used exclusively for fighting services and necessary pub lic services, such as police cars, fire engines, garbage trucks, and mail delivery. 4. Trucks used exclusively for ice and fuel delivery, transportation of materials for construction and main tenance of public roads, public utili ties or production facilities, defense housing, military establishments; trucks used by essential roofing, heating, plumbing and electrical re pair services waste and scrap deal ers, by any common carriers, and for transportation of raw materials, semi-manufactured goods and finish ed products—except no certificates will be issued to transport such raw materials, semi-manufactured goods, or finished products for personal or family use. 5. Farm tractors or other farm implements—except automobiles or trucks —for which tires are essential to operation. 6. Industrial, mining, and con struction equipment—except auto mobiles or trucks—for which tires are essential to operation. Owners falling into these classifi cations, Forbes said, will take their cars to an inspector, who will de termine if new tires are necessary. The inspector’s report will be passed to the local board so a final decision. There are approximately 500,000 passenger-car owners in Georgia. CHANDLER’S SHOE SHOP SOLD TO MR. BEATTY Chandler’s Shoe Shop, on Cuthbert street, for the past several years owned and operated by Mr. T. S. Chandler, was last we'ek sold to Mr. Joe Beatty, of Camilla. Mr. Beatty is a former resident of Blakely where he was engaged in the shoe shop business.